The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-18
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TIDBITs To free Ireland. McGinnis-Plaze
sor, Dim collectin' subscriptions to free Oirland
Blinks-What good would that do met McGin-
nis-W ull. sor, if Oirland gets free we'll go back
an let yez run y'r own country to suit y'rselves.
Blinks-Here's $40.
IN Chicago court-Prosscuting Lawyer ire
ferring to prisoner)-"And. your Honor. I am
forced to say that this man is an enemy to man
kind" JudRs-"Hold on a moment An enc
my to mankind? ITO prsoner.) How long have
you been a coal dealsr?'-Arkansaw Traveller.
LINCOLN Journal: Hotel clerk to Missouri
Colonel-''What was that noise in your room9"
Q, had to break the neck off bottle I found
there. as l couldn't draw the cork" why, the
only bottle there hand grenade" us
that sos thought the liquor was very mild"
THE place of leading Washington belle is va
cant at present. Mrs. Helyar has held this
position for some time, but will not be in Wash
ington this winter It is said that Miss Adele
Grant will spend the coming season at the
capital. and will doubtless wear the crown of
beauty.
HARTFORD man has invented an apparatus
for timing horses. A clock with three hands
minute. second, and quarter seconds started
by the official timer. When the winning horse
touches the wire the clock is stopped by electric
ity AT tho same instant the current opens
camera, which photographs the horse and the
clock face.
THE Rev. Charles F. Cross. OF Chicago. whose
zeal in pleading for larger social privileges for
shop girls and seamstresses last August led to
insure ction In his church, has, since his
han dsome Indication, been following up that
line of work. He has preached six weekly
mons to young women in service and their en-
ployers which have attracted much attention.
81. S. PHILLIPS of Montreal. who has become
John L. Sullivans hacker and manager. belongs
to one of the wealthiest land-ownng families in
Canada. Mr.. Phillips is said to be worth about
1000 00O He is a well-educatsd man. fluent
$.tfr 49, -l1I 81.
and Europe. He is at present the owner of the
largest sale stable in Canada. At one time he
was a banker and broker in Boston.
MISS ELLIcE HOPKINS intends visiting Amer
lea. She is English woman of great talent
and cultivation, and dsvotes her life to work for
social purity. She passed her novitate as a
worker in London under the guardianship of
Canon Wilkinson. now bishop of Truro. A
study of the Song Of Solomon, written by Miss
Hopkins for the Century a few years ago, at
tracted the attention of many thoughtful people.
MRS PROCTOR. widow of Barry Cornwall Is
the most interesting old lady in London society.
She eighty-seven years of age, but 'eoes
everywhere" as the phrase is. and is eminently
popular for her wit. good spirits and conversa-
tional power. Her father the famous Basil
Montague. Mrs. Proctor lives in a handsome
fat IN the Albert Mansions. Charles Dickens
used to say that when he wanted Ito brighten
up" he went to Mrs. Proctor. She has known
intimately the famous men of England for soma
interesting facts.
NINE. BoUCICAUT the great Partisan shop
keeper, we'll merits the cross of knight of the
Legion of Honor which has been bestowed upon
her She has given about 81. 900, 900 to her en-
ployes a pension fund for the sick and super
ANIMATED, besides splendid library and reading
room funds. and she allows them all shares in
the profits of her business. In her native de-
parrment she has built at her own expense and
at a cost of over 5000. 900 bridge across the
Saone to give the people a more direct road
to market, and she has distributed more than
ST. 500 900 to relieve the sufferers from the phyl
loxsra plague.
THE late Frank W. Pettygrove was the found
er of Portland. Ore. When he running
general merchandise store at Oregon City, in
1s43. he received from John P. Overton, pio-
neer, an offer to sell him tract OF GAO acres of
wild land for $50 wor tn of goods from the store
Mr.. Pettygrove went down the river in an In.
dian canoe. found that the land bordered on
deep water, and then, in conjunction with his
partner, Gen. A. L. Lovejoy, accepted the
offer. The storekeepers decided to start city
on their land. Pettyerove Maine man.
and wanted to call it Portland. Lovejoy came 4
from Massachusetts,, and wanted it called Bos.
ton They submitted their rivalry to the toss
ing of cent and Pettygrove won. And there
is the city OF Portland today, its central portion
on that 640-acre tract.